Diagnostics & Testing

Is it time for your first mam­mo­gram? Read what to expect at your appoint­ment and how mam­mo­grams play a part in your over­all breast health.

If you have dense breasts, your annu­al mam­mo­gram is a help­ful tool to screen for breast can­cer. Learn more about mam­mo­grams and breast density.

There are many types of kid­ney tests to check your kid­ney func­tion and look for signs of dis­ease. Here’s what you can expect if you need to get tested.

An abnor­mal colonoscopy result can be scary, but it’s not nec­es­sar­i­ly a rea­son for pan­ic. Here’s what an abnor­mal result could mean, and what comes next.

An elec­tro­car­dio­gram, also known as an EKG, helps detect and diag­nose dif­fer­ent heart con­di­tions. An EKG is a non-inva­sive, pain­less test that records the elec­tri­cal sig­nals pro­duced from your heart.

From types of heart mur­murs to treat­ment, here are 5 things to know about abnor­mal nois­es between heartbeats.

Screen­ing and diag­nos­tic colono­scopies have sim­i­lar­i­ties, but there are also dif­fer­ences. Here’s what they are and how they pre­vent col­orec­tal cancer.

The human heart is respon­si­ble for pump­ing blood and oxy­gen through­out your body, mak­ing it one of the most vital organs. It is com­prised of arter­ies, mus­cles and elec­tri­cal impuls­es that keep us healthy and mov­ing on a dai­ly basis. Due to its com­plex­i­ty and rela­tion­ship with oth­er organs in your body, there are a vari­ety of car­di­ol­o­gists who spe­cial­ize in dif­fer­ent func­tions of your car­diac system.

A colonoscopy is a diag­nos­tic test that allows your gas­troen­terol­o­gist to exam­ine your large intes­tine for any abnor­mal­i­ties and pre-can­cer­ous growths called polyps. Dur­ing your colonoscopy, your doc­tor can obtain tis­sue sam­ples for fur­ther test­ing and remove any polyps found before they devel­op into can­cer­ous tumors. In addi­tion to screen­ing for col­orec­tal can­cer, colono­scopies may be used to diag­nose a num­ber of gas­troin­testi­nal issues and may be rec­om­mend­ed if you are expe­ri­enc­ing symp­toms including:

Can­cer screen­ings can catch can­cers ear­ly. That’s why rou­tine can­cer screen­ings are so impor­tant. Take this quiz to test your can­cer screen­ing knowledge.